I think I found a small issue in event handling while in quick view:
I try to avoid having to use the mouse - while browsing the temporary panel files in TC quick view - I use tab key to switch between the file list and the plugin view, where I use viewer-specific hotkeys.

Well, it seems, that when I switch back to the file list (again - with the tab key) - the file is being reloaded in the viewer - I feel this is redundant.

Overall, it it's a very useful plugin and it would be pity, if such a solid work would be abandoned...

I've checked it - you're right, TC really reloads quick view window when you use Tab to return back to filelist (tested with JPG file added to VP). I can't fix it since it is TC issue (FS plugins in TC are passive so don't deal with quick view, TC does it automatically), I think we should report this as a bug.

Hi MVV, good hearing from you after such a long silence!

I tested this with the viewer plugins "Imagine" and "IEview" against the old FS plugin "Temporary panel" (TP) and they consistently show that this only happens with the Virtual Panel (VP) and not with TP.

I appreciate the fact, that VP is smartly pointing the viewer to the original file - unlike TP - which is making a temporary copy (like most other FS plugins). Perhaps this makes that difference?

pardon the question, but how do you guys use this plugin? Some specific examples would be nice, tips or tricks

Did you read the readme and this forum thread? - Both bring ideas and some solutions too. If you have and still can't think of an interesting application - then it's probably not for you. If you have ideas and are looking for a solution - post it it here.

An idea would be to make a right click context menu and create virtual panel dialog window. Where you can select multiple locations from a browse folder dialog. I have just started using it and I find it quite tricky.

I created a virtual panel with the add command it works, but I was unable to figure out how to add multiple locations to the same virtual panel. When I used the del command nothing happened and when I tried to delete it, it wanted to delete the physical folders.

What is the command to add multiple locations, >add "test" "c:\test" "d:\test" ?

Autoupdate script is almost what you need. Every time you enter the folder, VP will update its contents using script - any virtual folders that show mixed contents work in similar way. So you will see contents from several folders joined together.

Or course it is recommended to use flag /a for <put command to auto-rename files with same names.

Sounds strange. TC should pass real file name when you specify %P%N or just %N (%P is always empty for virtual panels - TC limitation), it was so for years. Just checked it now - it works. Tested with following button: